Trump ready to levy 10 percent import tariff on iPhone, MacBook

28 November, 2018

In September, Apple won a reprieve from the initial 10% tariff on some of the company's products-including the Apple Watch, Apple Pencil, and AirPods-after the company wrote a letter to United States Trade Representative that said the action would increase prices for US consumers. This time it could be on more than $260 billion in Chinese goods.

The Federal Reserve should be even more attentive to new economic data as its gradual interest-rate hikes edge it ever closer to a neutral stance, Federal Reserve Vice Chair Richard Clarida said on Tuesday.

China aims to persuade the U.S. not to impose the larger tariffs, but Trump said it was "highly unlikely" he would back down.

Kudlow said he was not sure whether Trump and Xi would agree to a joint statement at the end of their dinner, as is typical for a meeting between two world leaders.

This was due to a sharp fall in Britain's currency - after US President Donald Trump appeared to suggest it might be hard for Britain to negotiate a free-trade deal with the US after it withdraws from the European Union.

When the WSJ asked if that includes handsets like the iPhone as well as notebook computers, he said "Depends on what the rate is, I can make it 10%, and people could stand that very easily". "We have an opportunity to extend that optimism, break some new ground", Kudlow said. In 2017, China accounted for 61.6% of electronics imports into the United States, far exceeding South Korea's 4.5%, according to data from trade intelligence tracker PIERS.

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The Trump-Xi meeting would be the first since the two countries began hitting each other with import taxes earlier this year.

An escalation of the Sino-American trade conflict could lead to a repeat of the great catastrophes of the 20th century, a Chinese envoy has warned, just as Donald Trump once again threatened to slap China with additional tariffs.

Kudlow added that if the US doesn't get "satisfactory" responses to its trade positions more tariffs will be imposed.

"They have to open up China to the United States".

He said that six Russian security service vessels and four Navy warships converged on the three Ukrainian ships and opened fire with automatic weapons.

Asked point-blank if he can count on Trump, Poroshenko answered diplomatically: "This is the global obligation of the United States".

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